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Defeat RJD and allies, Modi appeals to Bihar's women

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Rashtriya Janata Dal, stating that under its rule, women of Bihar suffered immensely, while calling upon them to ensure that......

'I Am Tired Of Seeing Dead Bodies'

'Many of them are mutilated beyond recognition. Every day an encounter takes place.''Bastar has been burnt to ash.'. IMAGE: Bodies of Naxalites killed in an encounter with security forces in......

'Putin Is The Biggest Child Kidnapper'

'Parents are forced to provide their children to Russian re-education camps in occupied territories and in different parts of Russia, for example, in Chechnya, where Ukrainian children wearing......

Wildlife cameras installed in Corbett misused to surveil women

Cameras and drones originally planted in Corbett National Park for conservation activities, such as monitoring animals, are being deliberately misused by local government officials and men to......

Smog engulfs Delhi as air quality drops to 'very poor'

A thick layer of smog enveloped Delhi on Tuesday morning as the city's air quality deteriorated to the 'very poor' category with 27 monitoring stations falling in the red zone, the Central......

Why Ukraine conflict may see a slowdown in Indian fuel imports

India’s appetite for imported crude oil may wane in fiscal year (FY) 2023 from record levels in pre-pandemic 2019-20 fiscal as higher oil prices, a spillover from the conflict in Ukraine, and......

Households must prepare for hefty rise in LPG prices

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cut fuel subsidies while slapping additional fuel taxes on unblended transport fuels in the latest Union Budget. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhury/Reuters The......

Only 61% homes used LPG as of Dec 2018

Only 48.3 per cent of the rural households used LPG, while the figures were much higher in urban areas at 86.6 per cent, according to a NSO report. About 61 per cent of total households in India......

NIIT's big plan: Teach one billion students!

The hundred acres of land, on the road from Delhi to Jaipur, were marked in government records as banjar (barren) and beehad (inhospitable). Yet, the uneven patch has been fenced and parts of it......

Nudge staff to give up LPG subsidy: PM to banks, corporates

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked banks and industrial houses to nudge their employees to give up subsidised liquefied petroleum gas, saying if 1 crore (10 million) people surrender......

Can Mirabai overcome injuries to lift Paris Oly gold?

IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu’s rags-to-riches story remains an inspiration for others. Photograph: Ann Wang/Reuters Mirabai Chanu believes she will need to lift at least four times her current......

Mirabai Chanu: A big dreamer with humble beginnings

IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu celebrates after winning gold in the women's weightlifting 48kg category. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Commonwealth Games 2018 gold medallist Mirabai Chanu had......

Mary Kom and Sarita Devi: The untold story

'Mary just stopped talking to me. Maybe she did not like the fact that she was the gold medallist, but it was me (Sarita), not her, who was getting all the attention.' They came from similar......